 Alright guys, today's video is going to be a Q&A. I'm going to be answering questions like what it's like to be a doctor, what my schedule looks like, as well as some fun ones like what special talents do I have. We're going to get to all of those after this intro. Alright guys, what is going on in the lecture of an MD journey? Help you succeed on your medical journey with less stress. And today is a Q&A video and I don't really do these very often, but I do have kind of a growing list of questions you guys have sent me through emails, comments. So I'm going to answer a few of them and we're going to have fun. If you guys enjoy it, we're going to do it again. So let's get into the questions. So question number one is what is my schedule like? Now for any of you guys that don't know, I just started my first year in internal medicine residency and so currently I just finished my neurology stroke service, which is about a week. So that one schedule was pretty relaxed in terms of hours. I would go like 7.30 and finish around like 4.30, 5 o'clock. So hours wise, pretty good for being a doctor. Now in two weeks, I start ICU. So in ICU, usually I go around 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning and go home at 7 or 9, especially when I'm called. So hours wise, not so friendly. So it really depends. But those are what my hours look like and it basically changes every four weeks because I'm on a different rotation. So I'll keep you guys updated. But if you want to kind of learn more, follow me on Instagram and also follow me on the email. Let's down below all those will be added. Let's get into the next one. One piece of advice to anyone trying to be a doctor. So that's a good question. I would say always keep your Y in check. I feel like the biggest reasons people kind of divert away from like going to this point where they love medicine, they can't imagine something more they'd rather do to this point are like, I'm not sure if this is worth it, man. Like the biggest reason for that transition is you lose your Y in the process. So that sounds corny, but honestly, every time I walk into a room, I try to imagine my Y in that patient. And especially if I'm struggling or if I'm having a tough time with that patient. If I'm struggling to study for an exam, I try to make imagine my Y in that exam. So if your Y was important enough, big enough for you to continue down this line, then ask yourself if it's going to likely do the same on any kind of struggle that you have. But you're going to have to struggle. So you need to make sure your Y is like grounded. And you can easily remind yourself of it. All right, so let's get into some fun ones. Talent other people don't know that I have. So I'm not amazing, but I am a pretty decent singer. I have been quarreling up, listening to my dad sing in the shower. I love to me sing in the shower. It's genetic. And I've sang on like natural stages on like church events and whatnot. So again, I'm not amazing. I'm self taught, but it is something people usually don't know, but I can do it until we got the karaoke and that control the vocalist. So yeah, I like singing and let me know down below who your favorite songs coverage, whatever they may be. What's more difficult med school or getting into school? That's tough. I would say med school, but that's just because med school has a lot of different challenges within it. There's a setting. There's stress management. There's like the fighting time for yourself. Getting into med school is tough. You know, I think it's like 2% of all college students get into med school and some obviously med school have even lower admission rate than that. So med school is obviously challenging. There's a lot of elements that come with it. But if you're a pre man, you're applying. I feel it man. It's hard. But I promise you it gets better. You enjoy the process and then watch the rest of these videos. Once you do get into med school to make sure it's not this tough. Do doctors forget what they've learned in med school? Definitely. After a week of doing it, I had forgotten so much. Things that are like blatantly supposed to be obvious to second nature. It's kind of like sad to admit. But it's part of the journey is that there's so much information you can't expect yourself to know it. You just have to expect yourself to be okay looking things up and definitely look things up. So if I forget a medication, if I were to get treatment today I was treating somebody with high blood pressure. And I couldn't remember like past like a second or third medication to give them. The patient either was taking it or I couldn't take any more. And it sounds silly to admit, but I just had to look it up. And once I looked it up, I was like, oh, okay, I could give her that. And so that's just the point. You know, you're going to have to be able to remember things. But there's also going to be things we just got to have to say, okay, I may not remember it, but at least I know how to look it up and what I'm looking at. All right, let's do some more. It's just fine. If you enjoyed this, make sure you comment down below if you want more Q and A's. Add this in the comment section down below too. What's the worst part about being a doctor? So this may just be me speaking pretty being naive even like new documentation sucks guys. As doctors, you know, we're not trying to study all these years to be behind a computer. But that's part of just being a doctor too. You have to make sure all of your care is documented and people, other people can help your patients. So I understand it, but doing it sucks. You know, no one likes exercising. Everyone likes having a six pack. That's kind of what documentation is except you don't get six packs. So yeah, I would say that's one of the toughest parts about being a doctor. Others is like, when you have a patient and you realize that you can't provide them as much care as you would like, sometimes we're very selfish and, you know, or have a little bit of ego and say, we want to do more for our patients so our patients are okay with this much. And kind of letting go, it's hard. It's not the worst part, but it's definitely tough. So we've got to experience that patients. It's one of the more challenging situations that we put in. Is music good while studying? Definitely. It really does depend on studies that say, you know, music is good, but it's also the kind of music you listen to. Now, you know, some people listen to hip hop and do just fine. Others will find it a little bit distracting. So if you find yourself like humming to the song and then you're like three or four songs in and you realize you're still on the same page so this maybe listening to that kind of music is not beneficial. I love instrumentals. I'll link one down below. I think it's called like boring or boring morning or something. It's like a nice, exciting, uplifting instrumental that's on YouTube and I just watch a bunch of those when I study. So music is good. It keeps you concentrated. It's even better to listen to the same songs kind of over and over again while you're studying because then that memory kind of gets associated too. So weird facts. What are the top qualities a doctor should assess? Okay, so with a grain of salt, I've only been a doctor for a week so being asked this question is not fair but I feel like some of my answers may hopefully still be true for a year from now otherwise I've clearly not paid attention. So I would say you need to listen and not hear. You need to care and not just treat. You need to know their name and not their digestive diagnosis. And last and like I've learned this especially in my fourth year in med school is you've got to fight. You've got to fight for your patients. You've got to fight their insurance companies. You have to fight other health care providers and maybe you just don't want to take the same level of care as you. Maybe they don't think it's significant. You don't need to fight the patient. You have to understand what's best. If the patient is kind of not meeting you in the middle, you have to make sure that you educate them and kind of struggle through that struggle with them. And lastly, you have to fight yourself. Sometimes you're going to be complacent. Sometimes you're going to have ego. You're going to be selfish and you have to get away from that. Because again, it's all about the patient because your patient is fighting. If they're in the hospital for a reason, you should remember to fight. And then there are three things that I mentioned as well. Favorite food, definitely pizza. I could eat pizza every single meal, every single day and not get tired. But that's a lot of cheese and cholesterol. So I am Dr. Envy tells me to calm that down. Favorite team, I love basketball. And I love LeBron James. Right now it's probably going to have to be the Lakers, but I just love watching LeBron play. But I love playing and watching basketball. Favorite quote, okay. So there's a really good quote. I don't want to say who said it because I can't remember. But it goes something along the lines of, life is not about the amount of breaths you take, but instead about the amount of moments that take your breath away. It's this idea that it's not about how long your life is or how much time is in your life, but how much life is in your time. So I really live by that. I have no idea how my life is going to turn out. So I just try to make sure that the short moments here and there really don't count. I think that's a good stopping point, guys. We can definitely do more Q&A videos in the future. You guys enjoy this. Fun ones, serious ones, just let me know. And we can make a video out of it in the future. But with that being said, guys, I'm going to give back to my coffee and I got to do some studying. But I'll see you guys soon. If you enjoyed this video, first of all, make sure you hit that like button and subscribe to the channel. But with that being said, thank you for always and being a part of my journey today. Hopefully at least today I was a little helped on yours. I'll see you guys soon. Take care.